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== Trivia ==
== Trivia ==
*When doing job advancing in the Korean server, the job quest shows that Sakra Devanam's Chinese name is 帝天, which could be translated to "''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%B8%9D#Definitions Emperor] [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A9#Definitions of the Heavens]''"
*When doing job advancing in the Korean server, the job quest shows that Sakra Devanam's Chinese name is 帝天, which could be translated to "''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%B8%9D#Definitions Emperor] [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A9#Definitions of the Heavens]''"
*[[Wikipedia:en:%C5%9Aakra_(Buddhism)|'''''Śakra''''']] is a nickname for the god Indra in Hindu mythology and the ruler of the Trāyastriṃśa Heaven and the Devas according to Buddhist cosmology. Śakra's full title is known as ''Śakro devānām indraḥ''.
*Official documents show this class was initially called 帝釋天 (제석천), which is pronounced as ''Dìshìtiān'' and does in fact refer to Śakra. As such, it can be argued that while 帝天 does not mean Śakra, it is simply an abbreviation to stick to Ara's theme of having a 2 symbol name among all her classes.
**Investigation of official document shows this class was initially called 帝釋天 (제석천), which is pronounced as ''Dìshìtiān''.
**[[Wikipedia:en:%C5%9Aakra_(Buddhism)|'''''Śakra''''']], sometimes used as an epithet for the god Indra in Hindu mythology, is the ruler of the Trāyastriṃśa Heaven and the Devas according to Buddhist cosmology. Śakra's full title is known as ''Śakro devānām indraḥ'', hence the class's English name.
*Interestingly, most of Ara's portraits portray her with 8 tails in her Celestial Fox form, while '''Sakra Devanam''' portray her having 7. This may simply be a matter of any missing tails being out of view.
*Interestingly, most of Ara's portraits portray her with 8 tails in her Celestial Fox form, while '''Sakra Devanam''' portray her having 7. This may simply be a matter of any missing tails being out of view.
*'''Sakra Devanam''''s artist, Sando, originally intended for her to have a bigger bust and a different expression during her concept art. The artwork was changed upon release due to it being too provocative. This has the odd effect of making her seem smaller than her base art.
*'''Sakra Devanam''''s artist, Sando, originally intended for her to have a bigger bust and a different expression during her concept art. The artwork was changed upon release due to it being too provocative. This has the odd effect of making her seem smaller than her base art.
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